Anwar Pervez
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Sir Anwar Pervez (Urdu: سر انور پرویز) is a Pakistan-born businessman in the United Kingdom Sir Anwar Pervez has been ranked as the 12th richest Asian in Great Britain. He is the first Pakistan-origin person to achieve this distinction.
According to the Sunday Times, Sir Pervez is the richest of all of the Pakistani diaspora in the UK with assets valued at 390 million pounds sterling. After a comprehensive research, the Sunday Times has published a list of 50 richest Asian businessmen in the UK wherein Indian steel giant Mittal’s owner, Lakshmi Mittal, stood first. The list includes Sri Hinduja and Gopi Hinduja, Anurag Dikshit, Anil Agarwal, Jatania brothers, Naresh Goyal, Vikrant Bhargava, Gulu Lalvani and Tom Singh. Sir Anwar Pervez is positioned at No 12 among top 15 richest Asians in the UK, according to a press release.
The Sunday Times report states that Sir Pervez owns the second largest cash and carry wholesale network in Britain and has illuminated the name of Pakistan by sheer hard work, dedication and honesty. He lives in London and has converted his business into Bestway Group of UK, an empire with assets of hundreds of millions pounds. He was the first-ever Pakistani knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of Britain.
The Bestway Group started off as a cornershop in London in the 60's. Bestway moved into the wholesale business in 1976. The name Bestway originates from one of Sir Anwars four original business partners who is still with the company. [1]
The UK headquarters is located at Abbey Road in Park Royal London. It is the largest cash and carry warehouse in Europe (over 242,000 square foot).
Bestway recently acquired Batleys Plc (the UKs oldest cash and carry business for traders); a food and drinks wholesaler with a turnover of over £0.75 billion.
In 2006 the Bestway Group is the second largest cash and carry operator in the UK with combined annual turnover of £1.6 billion. The Group trades from 49 warehouses covering over 5 million square feet and provides a wide variety of products to its customer base of over 100,000 in the independent retail and catering sectors. Bestway has a range of symbol group stores called Best~One and own label grocery brands called Best~in. The Bestway Group also has some of the most modern and environmentally friendly Cement Plants in Pakistan (Bestway Cement Limited), and imports a brand of rice called White Pearl from Pakistan. It also acquired a stake in United Bank Limited in Pakistan. The Bestway Group Website is at [2].
